1863/07/12 ca.

Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917

Photograph

Title: Lutheran Theological Seminary from second story of Foulk House, Gettysburg, PA., 12 July 1863 ca.

Taken by Gutekunst. Accompanying text panel reads: "Scenes from the battlefield at Gettysburg, PA. The Seminary. Being the left of our Line of Battle on the 1st of July. In front of the Grove to the right is the spot where General Reynolds fell." Reynolds was actually killed roughly a half mile from the Seminary [in the same direction that the camera faces]. In "Early Photography at Gettysburg," Frassinito suggests Gutekunst took the photograph from this unique perspective in an attempt to incorporate both subjects [the Seminary and Reynolds' death] into his composition. Samuel K. Foulk's…

GLC05111.01.0227

1863/07/09-11 ca.

Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917

Photograph

Title: Union Second Corps field hospital, Gettysburg, PA. 9-11 July 1863 ca.

Taken by Gutekunst. Accompanying text panel reads: "Scenes from the battlefield at Gettysburg, PA. Second Corps Hospital. Christian Commission tents in the foreground. This hospital contains 2,500 wounded." Dr. Justin Dwinell, 106th Penn. Infantry, who was in charge of the 2nd Corps hospital at Gettysburg, can be seen standing to the imediate left of the tree directly in front of the large tent in the right foreground. The civilian man wearing an unusually patterned, light colored frock coat standing on Dwinell's left, can also be seen in GLC 511.01.0229. A group of medical sewards,…

GLC05111.01.0228

1863/07/09-11 ca.

Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917

Photograph

Title: Union Second Corps field hospital, Gettysburg, PA. 9-11 July 1863 ca.

Taken by Gutekunst. A civilian man wearing an unusually patterned, light colored frock coat is standing fourth from the left of the lone woman. This same man can be seen in GLC 511.01.0228 standing left of the tree immediately in front of the large tent in the right foreground. Several soldiers are joined by a group of medical sewards, civilian nurses and members from one of the civilian relief organizations [i.e., the Christian Commission] are standing next to the tents. The hospital was located on the [Jacob] Schwartz farm between July 5-23 1863. See GLC 5111.01.0228

GLC05111.01.0229

1863/07/12 ca.

Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917

Photograph

Title: Chambersburg Pike with Lutheran Seminary to the left. 12 July 1863 ca.

Taken by Gutekunst. Inscription on recto reads: "Chambersburg Pike. 1st day." An inscription on the verso elaborates further: "Gen'l. view of the battlefield of the first of July the road in the foreground is the Chambersburg Pike the ridge in the background was our line of battle." The view shows Seminary ridge on the horizon. The Oak Ridge Railroad Cut can be seen on the right of the image. The fence rails have been removed by the armies so that they would not impede the movements of units on the field and later for the use of firewood by soldiers. The water collected on the side of the…

GLC05111.01.0230

1861 ca.

Holland, T.R., 1816-1867

Print

Title: Lithograph portrait of Major Anderson.

By T.R. Holland [Philadelphia?]. Based on an earlier [younger] photograph: "From a Portrait in possession of Mrs. Anderson." Major Robert Anderson was in command of Fort Sumter when it was fired upon on April 12, 1861, setting off the Civil War. He would surrender the next day, Anderson was forced to surreder but became a hero to the North.

GLC05111.01.0231

circa 1861-1865

Kihlholz, Bernhard, fl. 1861-1862

Photograph

Title: Portrait of Col. Osterhaus. [1861-1862 ca.]

A print of an upper-body portrait of then-Colonel Peter J. Osterhaus. Taken by Bernhard Kihlholz of St. Louis, Missouri, with blind stamp. Osterhaus would become a major-general by war's end. Written on back: "Act. Brig. General Osterhaus"

GLC05111.01.0232

10 November 1864

McPherson, & Oliver, fl. 1864

Photograph

Title: Flagship U.S.S. Hartford in Mobile Bay, November 10, 1864.

A print of a photograph of the U.S.S. Hartford. Graphite inscription on recto: "U. S. S. S. [sic] Hartford. 1864. Mobile Bay." Cancelled, red five cent "playing card" stamp on verso. Three mast sailing vessel that also has a steam stack in the center of the ship. The Hartford, a first-class sloop, was the flagship of Admiral Farragut's fleet. It was painted gray to make it less visible at sea. Photographed by McPherson & Oliver. See GLC 5111.01.0234

GLC05111.01.0233

1864

McPherson, & Oliver, fl. 1864

Photograph

Title: Admiral Farragut and Captain Drayton on deck of U.S. frigate Hartford

A print of a photograph of Admiral David G. Farragut and Captain Percival Drayton on the deck of the USS Hartford (1858). Farragut leans against the wheel, while the ship's commander, Captain Drayton stands to the left of him. The Hartford served as Farragut's flagship in his position as Admiral of the US Navy. Cancelled, red five cent "playing card" stamp on verso. Three other sailors stand behind the officers on an upper deck. See GLC 5111.01.0233

GLC05111.01.0234

September 1864

McPherson, & Oliver, fl. 1864

Photograph

Title: No. 1. Fort Morgan, Front and East Side.

A print of a photograph of the ruins of Fort Morgan, AL. Title taken from accompanying panel of text. The most powerful of defenses protecting Mobile Bay was Fort Morgan, which was bombarded by Farragut's fleet, and later taken by Union forces in 1864. The walls show the damage inflicted during the battle. Badly battered light house visible in the distance. A row of mortars awaiting emplacement line the base of the wall on the right. Orange 5 cent "playing card" stamp, canceled" "M[cPherson] & O[liver]" on verso. Pencil inscriptions: "89" and "McKirby" near Kean Archives stamp on verso.…

GLC05111.01.0235

September 1864

McPherson, & Oliver, fl. 1864

Photograph

Title: No. 2, Fort Morgan, Front and West Side.

A print of a photograph of Fort Morgan, AL after the Battle of Mobile Bay. Orange 5 cent "playing card" stamp, canceled" "M[cPherson] & O[liver]" on verso. Pencil inscriptions: "89" and "McKirby" near Kean Archives stamp on verso. The most powerful of defenses protecting Mobile Bay was Fort Morgan, which was bombarded by Farragut's fleet, and later taken by Union forces in 1864. The walls show the damage inflicted during the battle. Badly battered light house visible on the right. The image is "No. 2" in a series of 9 photographs taken. See GLC 5111.01.0235

GLC05111.01.0236

September 1864

McPherson, & Oliver, fl. 1864

Photograph

Title: No. 3. Fort Morgan, water batteries, west side.

A print of a photograph of the ruins of Fort Morgan, AL. Orange 5 cent "playing card" stamp, canceled" "M&O" on verso. Pencil inscriptions: "89" and "McKirby" near Kean Archives stamp on verso. The most powerful of defenses protecting Mobile Bay was Fort Morgan, which was bombarded by Farragut's fleet, and later taken by Union forces in 1864. The walls show the damage inflicted during the battle. Badly battered light house visible on the right. The image is "No. 3" in a series of 9 photographs taken.

GLC05111.01.0237

September 1864

McPherson, & Oliver, fl. 1864

Photograph

Title: No. 4. Fort Morgan, south-east bastion.

A print of a photograph of Fort Morgan, AL. Orange 5 cent "playing card" stamp, canceled" "M&O" on verso. Pencil inscriptions: "89" and "McKirby" near Kean Archives stamp on verso. The most powerful of defenses protecting Mobile Bay was Fort Morgan, which was bombarded by Farragut's fleet, and later taken by Union forces in 1864. The walls show the damage inflicted during the battle. Soldiers quarters visible in distance, near the water. Two guns visible, which were spiked just before the Confederates surrendered the fort (therby rendering them unusable). The image is "No. 4" in a series…

GLC05111.01.0238

September 1864

McPherson, & Oliver, fl. 1864

Photograph

Title: No. 5. Fort Morgan Citadel, from south side.

A print of a photograph showing Fort Morgan, AL. Orange 5 cent "playing card" stamp, canceled" "M&O" on verso. Pencil inscriptions: "89" and "McKirby" near Kean Archives stamp on verso. The most powerful of defenses protecting Mobile Bay was Fort Morgan, which was bombarded by Farragut's fleet, and later taken by Union forces in 1864. The walls show the damage inflicted during the battle. The citadel was later damaged by a fire and its bricks used to repair the rest of the fort in later years. The image is "No. 5" in a series of 9 photographs taken.

GLC05111.01.0239

September 1864

McPherson, & Oliver, fl. 1864

Photograph

Title: No. 6. Fort Morgan interior, west side.

A print of a photograph of Fort Morgan, AL. Orange 5 cent "playing card" stamp, canceled" "M&O" on verso. Pencil inscriptions: "89" and "McKirby" near Kean Archives stamp on verso. Top of light house visible in the distance. The most powerful of defenses protecting Mobile Bay was Fort Morgan, which was bombarded by Farragut's fleet, and later taken by Union forces in 1864. The walls show the damage inflicted during the battle. Badly battered light house visible on the right. Some soldiers can be seen squatting by the wall on the left. The image is "No. 6" in a series of 9 photographs…

GLC05111.01.0240

September 1864

McPherson, & Oliver, fl. 1864

Photograph

Title: No. 7. Fort Morgan Citadel, from north side.

A print of a photograph of Fort Morgan, AL. Orange 5 cent "playing card" stamp, canceled" "M&O" on verso. Pencil inscriptions: "89" and "McKirby" near Kean Archives stamp on verso. Top of light house visible in the distance. The most powerful of defenses protecting Mobile Bay was Fort Morgan, which was bombarded by Farragut's fleet, and later taken by Union forces in 1864. The walls show the damage inflicted during the battle. Badly battered light house visible on the right. The citadel was later damaged by a fire and its bricks used to repair the rest of the fort in later years. The…

GLC05111.01.0241

September 1864

McPherson, & Oliver, fl. 1864

Photograph

Title: No 8. Fort Morgan from south-east side.

A print of a photograph of Fort Morgan, AL. Orange 5 cent "playing card" stamp, canceled" "M&O" on verso. Pencil inscriptions: "89" and "McKirby" near Kean Archives stamp on verso. Light house visible in the distance. The most powerful of defenses protecting Mobile Bay was Fort Morgan, which was bombarded by Farragut's fleet, and later taken by Union forces in 1864. The walls show the damage inflicted during the battle. Badly battered light house visible in the center. The United States flag flies over the captured fort. The image is "No. 8" in a series of 9 photographs taken.

GLC05111.01.0242

September 1864

McPherson, & Oliver, fl. 1864

Photograph

Title: No. 9. Light House, Mobile Point.

A print of a photograph of Fort Morgan, AL. Orange 5 cent "playing card" stamp, canceled" "M&O" on verso. Pencil inscriptions: "89" and "McKirby" near Kean Archives stamp on verso. The most powerful of defenses protecting Mobile Bay was Fort Morgan, which was bombarded by Farragut's fleet, and later taken by Union forces in 1864. The walls in the distance show the damage inflicted during the battle. Badly battered, barely standing light house is in the center of image. A row of Union soldiers and sailors stand to the left of the lighthouse. The image is "No. 9" in a series of 9…

GLC05111.01.0243

circa 1861-1865

Moore, Henry P., 1833-1911

Photograph

Title: From Top of Signal Station, Looking South, showing all between Hospital and Signal Station

A print of a photograph of the Union encampment on Hilton Head Island, SC. Accompanying text reads: "From top of Signal Station, Looking South, Showing all between Hospital and Signal Station." Railroad tracks run down the center of the image with several spur lines branching out on both sides. There are buildings near the spur lines. Also several rows of artillery gun barrels and other pieces of equipment are lined up to the left of the center track. Tents appear in right background. Note that the photograph's mount has been trimmed and the original identification tag has been adhered to the…

GLC05111.01.0244

1862/04/07

Moore, H.P., fl. 1862

Photograph

Title: Negro Quarters, John E. Seabrook's Plantation, Bird's eye view, Edisto Island, SC. April 7, 1862.

Title taken from accompanying text on recto. A dozen slave quarters can be seen in the background. A barn appears in the center middleground and what might be the enslaver's brick house can be seen in the immediate foreground.

GLC05111.01.0245

1862/04/08

Moore, H.P., fl. 1862

Photograph

Title: Fish Pond, John Seabrook's Plantation, Edisto Island, SC. April 8, 1862

Shows three union soldiers, probably officers, in a row boat in the middle of a pond. The plantation master's house is visible in distance on the left hand side of the image. A white gazebo-like structure is on an island in the middle of the pond.

GLC05111.01.0246

circa 1861-1865

Moore, Henry P., 1833-1911

Photograph

Title: Fort Pulaski, Ga. Battery A looking towards Tybee.

A print of a photograph showing Fort Pulaski, near Savannah, GA. Title taken from accompanying text.Officers of the 48th NY Infantry garrisoned the fort and posed for the camera along with their colonel, W.B. Barton, standing with his wife in the right foreground. A black dog can be seen at one man's feet. The man reclining on the swivel behind the first gun appears to have had his left leg amputated. In the distance is the mouth of the Savannah River, and on the horizon, Tybee Island. After Fort Pulaski had been nearly destroyed by Union bombardments in April 1862, it would be occupied and…

GLC05111.01.0247

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: [Tennessee State Capitol]

A print of a photograph of the Tennesse State Capitol in Nashville, TN. Crisp, detailed image of the state house surrounded by a barren landscape. Log breastworks can be seen surrounding the base of the building. The building was constructed between 1845 and 1859.

GLC05111.01.0248

circa 1861-1865

Munn & Faul

Photograph

Title: U.S. Quartermasters Wharf barge in Cairo, Ill. with Mississippi fleet in the distance

A print of a photograph of a wharf at Cairo, IL. The wharf belongs to the U.S. Quartermaster. A riverine fleet can be seen in the background. Title from graphite inscription on recto. Ink inscription on recto "R-684." Graphite inscription on verso: "Mississippi Fleet lying off Cairo to be sold at Mound City 17th Aug. Munn & Faul Photographers Cairo, Ills." Someone has inscribed "Wand" on the recto."

GLC05111.01.0249

circa 1861-1865

Russell, Andrew J., 1829-1902

Photograph

Title: Army wagon after three years of service.

A print of a photograph of a wagon. Title from inscription on recto. Wagon is very worn with mud encrusted wheels. Headquarters baggage tent in background along with some buildings. "416" and "O'Sullivan" are written on the back. There is also a faded stamp with some sections made illegible with black marker. Few words can be made out.

GLC05111.01.0250

March 1864

O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882

Photograph

Title: Rappahannock Station, Virginia. Canvas pontoon wagon, 50th New York Engineers

A print of a photograph of a pontoon wagon. Graphite inscriptions on verso: "272," "IX" and "Camp Pontoon Wagon." Pontoon wagon and a coiled rope and anchor are also on the cart. Many trees visible in background. Same image as GLC 5111.01.0207

GLC05111.01.0251